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A. GOVERS 8v J. A. SWENSON. WHEEL AND AXLE FOR WAGONS.

No. 582,015. Patented May44, 1897.

I TTURNEYI v ALBERT GOVERS, OF NEW YORK, AND JOHN A. SW'ENSON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

WHEEL AND AXLE FOR WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 582,015, dated May 4, 1897. Application filed June 18, 1896. Serial No. 596,048. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: I spindles are screw-threaded at their outer Be it known that we, ALBERT GoVERs, a ends and provided with washers 13 and nuts resident of New York, in the county of New 14, and the washers 13 are also countersunk York, and JOHN A. SWENSON, a resident of in the outer ends of the hubs, and said hubs 5 Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, State of are held in place on the spindles by the nuts New York, citizensof the United States, have let, and in practice we prefer to key one of invented new and useful Improvements in the hubs 11 to the spindle, as shown at 15, so Wagons and other Vehicles, of which the folthat it will not revolve thereon. This con- ]owing is a specification, reference being had struction, however, is not essential or material 10 to the accompanying drawings, forniinga part to our invention, as both of the hubs may be thereof, in which sirnilar numerals of referrevolubly mounted on'the spindle, if desired. once indicate-corresponding parts wherever The hubs 11 are provided centrally with anfound throughout the several views. nular heads 16, in which the spokes of the This invention relates to carriages, wagons, wheel are secured, and said hubs are transr 5 trucks, and other vehicles, and particularly versely divided or composed of two parts, to the axles, the bearings thereof, thewheels, and a side or face view of one of said parts and connected parts. is shown in Fig. 3. I

The invention is fully disclosed in the fol- The annular heads of the hubs are also prolowing specification, of which the accompanyvided with two rows of holes 17, in which the 2o ing drawings form a part, in whichspokes are inserted, and the holes are ar- Figure 1 is a side view of awheel made acranged alternately, as shown in Fig. 2, and cording to our invention; 2, a plan view the division-line between the separate parts of one axle, showing also the hubs connected of the hub is arranged, as is also shown in therewith, one of saidhubs being shown in said Fig. 1, the line of division extending 25 section; Fig. 3, a side view of a section of through or into the spoke-holes of each part, the hub which we employ, and Fig 4 a perand, as shown in Fig. 3, the spoke-holes exspective view of a journal-box which constitend only part way through the hub and are tutes a part of the bearing of the axle. arranged radially therein, and that part of In the practice of our invention we provide the hub or the separate parts thereof between 30 an axle 5, which is mounted in suitable jourthe inner ends of the spoke-holes and the nal-boxes, a part of one of which is shown at spindle-opening is also corrugated or grooved,

6, said journal-boxes being preferably of the as shown at 18, and when the separate parts form shown in Fig. 4 and being provided with of the hub are placed together they appear transverse openings or passages 7, through as shown in Fig. 2, and the adjoining or abut- 5 which the axle passes, and being also proting faces thereof interlock.

vided centrally with semicircular cavities or The separate parts of the hub are bound recesses 8, which maybe filled in with brasses together by bolts 1.), and in practice we conor other bearings, and the axle is also preferstruct a wheel as shown in Fig. 1. The felly ably provided with annular grooves 9 within of the wheel is preferably composed of a numo 40 said j ournal-boxes. ber of parts, said parts being indicated at 19,

It will be understood that only half of the and said fellyis U-shaped in cross-section, as journal-box is shown in Fig. 4 and also in shown in Fig. 2, and the spokes 20 are prefer- Fig. 2, and that these parts are duplicated, ably composed of metal, and the outer ends and the frame or truck of the wagon or other thereof are screw-threaded, as shown at 21, 5

5 vehicle is connected with these journal-boxes and passed through the folly, and each is proor bearings, and the shaft is free to revolve vided with a nut or bur22, which is mounted therein. The shaft is provided at each end thereon and by which the folly or the secwith a spindle 10, on which are mounted hubs tions thereof may be forced outwardly. The 11, and said hubs are provided at'their inner inner ends of the spokes 20 are preferably I00 50 ends with countersunk washers 12, which are provided with annular grooves, as shown at placed adjacent to the journal-boxes, and the 23, and in practice the spokes are connected with the telly, the tire 2% is applied thereto, and the parts of the hub are separated, and the inner ends of the spokes are placed in spoke holes or openings 17, after which the separate sections of the hub are securely bolted together. The spoke-holes 17 are also preferably provided with annular grooves or recesses, as shown in Fig. 3, and the annular grooves 23, formed on the inner ends of the spoke, correspond therewith, and when the separate parts of the hub are clamped together, as above described, the spokes are securely and firmly held in place, and a strong, stable, and firm wheel is thus produced.

The formation of the fellyin sections is not essential to our invention, and said felly may be formed of one piece if desired, and any suitable power may be employed.

Awheel made as herein described is much stronger than ordinary wheels, and the tires thereon may be set or tightened whenever desired by simply operating the nuts or burs 22, which force the separate sections of the telly downwardly, and by means of our improved construction the axles are free to revolve in their bearings, and any suitable means may be provided for oiling or lubricating the same within said bearings or the journal boxes. The washer 13 is so connected with the spindle 10 as to revolve therewith, the central bore through said washer being fiat at one side and adapted to operate in connection with a corresponding cavity or recesses formed in the spindle, and in practice the meeting surfaces of the two sections of the hub are joined by or filled in with iron, putty, or other suitable material, so as to exclude water or moisture and prevent oxidation on the interior surfaces.

The washers 12 may be formed integrally with the axle, if desired, or may be rigidly connected therewith, and by suitably mounting the axles in suitable journal-boxes or bearings, as herein described, a wagon or other heavy vehicle may be operated with less power than is usually necessary.

It willbe understood that the separate parts of the hub or hubs are cast in the form described, and when so formed they may be much more economically produced and are far stronger than when made in the usual manner, but said hubs may be composed of wood in certain cases, and the axles may also be composed of either wood or metal.

Having fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A wheel comprising a hub which is divided transversely, the separate parts thereof, being provided with spoke-holes, and being also adapted to interlock, and a telly through which the outer ends of the spokes pass, said outer ends of the spokes being screw-threaded, and provided with nuts or burs, substantially as shown and described.

2. A wheel comprising a hub which is divided transversely, the separate parts thereof, being provided with spoke-holes, and being also adapted to interlock, and a felly through which the outer ends of the spokes pass, said outer ends of the spokes being screw-threaded, and provided with nuts or burs, and said fellies being U -shaped in crosssection, and composed of separate parts, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination with the axle of a vehicle, of suitable bearings or journal-boxes, in which said axle is mounted, said axle being also provided with the usual spindles, and with wheels mounted thereon, one of said wheels being keyed to the axle, and the hubs of said wheels being divided transversely,and the separate sections thereof, being provided with spoke-holes, in which the inner ends of the spokes are placed, before the separate parts of the hub are bolted together, substantially as shown and described.

4:. A wheel, comprising a hub, which is divided transversely, and the separate parts of which are provided in their adjacent faces with spoke-holes, said separate parts being adapted to interlock, and the spoke-holes being arranged alternately on opposite sides of a central transverse line, and said separate parts being bolted together, and a telly through which the outer ends of the spokes pass, said outer ends of the spokes being screw-threaded and provided with nuts or burs, substantially as shown and described.

5. The combination with the axle of a vehicle, of suitable hearings or journal-boxes, in which said axle is mounted, said axle being also provided with the usual spindles, and with wheels mounted thereon, said journalboxes being arranged adjacent to the hubs of said wheels, and said axle being provided with washers adjacent to said j ournal-boxes, and said hubs being provided with flanges within which said washers fit, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we have signed our names, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 15th day of June, 1896.

ALBERT GOVERS. JOHN A. SWENSON.

\Vitnesses:

W. W. HILL, A. ARMSTRONG. 

